May 11, Everglades
FL: ValuJet DC-9 crashed into a swamp. Total
killed was 110. Cause of fire was a cargo fire resulting
from oxygen generators missing safety caps.

July 17, proximity
Long Island NY: TWA Boeing 747-100, Flight 800,
exploded over the waters of eastern Long Island. Total killed
was all 230 aboard.

2001

Sep 11, New York City NY,
Arlington VA, and Shanksville PA: During the 9/11
attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Total dead
and missing are 2,992: of which 2,749 in New York City, 184 at
the Pentagon, 40 in Pennsylvania, plus the 19 hijackers.

Nov 12, Queens, N. Y.:
American Airlines Airbus A-300 collided into residential neighborhood.
Total killed were all 260 people aboard
and 5 on the ground.

Jan 12, Dakota &
Montana territories, MN, NE, KS, and TX: The famous "Schoolchildren's Blizzard”
which killed 235 children on their way home from school.

March 11–14, East Coast
US: The "Blizzard of 1888” saw as high as 5 feet of
snow killed 400. Property damage was estimated at $20 million.

1949

Jan 2–4, NE, WY,
SD, UT, CO, and NV: One of a series
of winter storms between Jan 1 and Feb 22. which caused snow
drifts as high as 30 feet, interesting since the snow fall was
only 12-30 inches. Wind speeds up to 72 mph was the cause
of thousands of cattle and sheep
dieing.

1950

Nov 25–27, eastern
US: The "Storm of the Century” saw hurricane
force winds raging across 22 states. Killed 383 people and
the damages were estimated at $70 million.

1977

Jan 28–29, Buffalo
NY: The "Blizzard of 1977” was a 7 inch new snow storm
to an already base of 30–35 inch snow on the ground.
Adding the winds gusting to
70 mph, the drifts were as 30+ feet high. Total killed were 29.

1978

Feb 6–8, eastern US:
The "Blizzard of 1978” hit the East Coast, mostly in the
Northeast. Total killed were 54 and the snow caused $1 billion in damage.
Average new snowfall ranged from 2–4 feet, plus the approximate
1.5 feet already on the ground.

1993

Mar 12–14, eastern
US: The "Superstorm” nearly stopped the entire
eastern seaboard. Total killed were 270. The record snowfalls and high winds
were the cause of $3-$6 billion in damages.

1996

Jan 6–8, eastern US:
Unusual
heavy snow blanketed the Appalachians, the mid-Atlantic, and the
Northeast. Total of 187 were killed and damages were
approximately $3
billion.

Many states:
The
longest drought of the 20th century. The most severe years were 1930,
1934, 1936, 1939, and 1940. Dry regions stretched
solidly from NY and PA across the Great Plains to the CA
coast. This was the great “dust bowl” which covered
approximately 50 million acres in the
south-central plains during the winter of 1935–1936.

Dec 16, Mississippi
Valley - New Madrid MO: A violent earthquake reversed the
course of the Mississippi River. The aftershocks and
tremors continued into 1812, from the original three earthquakes
which were 8.6, 8.4 and 8.8 on the Richter scale. This is the largest series of earthquakes known
to have occurred in North America.

1886

Aug 31, Charleston
SC: An earthquake of 7.7 on the Richter scale
killed 60 people and generated extensive damage throughout the city.

1906

Apr 18, San Francisco CA:
A combination
earthquake and multiple fires throughout the city devastated more than 4 square
miles while killing 500+.

1933

Mar 10, Long Beach
CA: A freak earthquake killed 117.

1964

Mar 28,
Alaska: A devastating 9.2 on the Richter scale
hit 80 miles east of Anchorage, thus being the most violent
single earthquake in North America. Total killed were 117
and the tsunami of 50 feet tall traveled 8,445 miles away at a
speed of 450
mph.

1989

Oct 17, proximity San Francisco
Bay CA: An earthquake of 7.1 on the Richter scale killed
67 and injured over 3,000. Total of 100,000+ buildings
were damaged or
destroyed and damages estimated in billions of dollars.

1993

Aug 8, Guam (US
Territory): A violent earthquake of 8.1 on the
Richter scale
caused severe damage to many structures, approximately $300
million, no deaths recorded.

1994

Jan 17, San Fernando
Valley CA: With damages estimated in the $13-$20
billion range, this earthquake was a 6.6 on the Richter scale
and killed 61 people and injured 8,000+.

Mar 18, New London
TX: An explosion destroyed a schoolhouse and
killed 294.

1942

Nov 28, Boston MA:
The
Coconut Grove nightclub fire killed 491.

1944

Jul 6, Hartford CT:
The Ringling Brothers Circus fire and stampede in the main tent killed 168
and injured 487.

Jul 17, Port Chicago
CA: An ammunition ship exploded and killed 322.

Oct 20, Cleveland OH:
Liquid-gas tanks exploded and killed 130.

1946

Dec 7, Atlanta GA:
The Winecoff Hotel fire killed 119.

1947

Apr 16–18, Texas City
TX: Fire and subsequent explosions on the French
freighter Grandcamp, which was carrying a cargo of
ammonium nitrate, nearly eliminated the entire city. Total
killed were 516
and 3,000+ injured.

Spring–Summer, AK, ID, MT, NM, NV, and OR:
These forest fires comprise the most destructive fires in
US history, burning approximately 7.2
million acres.

2002

Jun–early Jul, mainly western US:
The Hayman fire in Pike National
Forest destroyed 600 structures, 137,760 acres and making it the
worst wildfire in Colorado history. Simultaneously the
85,000-acre Rodeo fire, which had already been declared the
worst in Arizona's history eventually merged with the Chediski fire,
therefore, 400 more structures were lost and an additional 468,638 acres.

2003

Oct 25–29, southern CA:
15For two weeks, 15 firs burned, primarily in
San Diego County, Ventura County, Riverside County, and San
Bernardino County. These fire burnt more than 800,000 acres,
killed 24 and destroyed 3,640 homes. The largest
fire in California's history was the Cedar Fire in San Diego, it burned
200,000 acres.

Mar 28, Three Mile Island, proximity Harrisburg PA:
Over heating and partial meltdown of the uranium core of
one of two reactors was blamed on a loss of coolants. Some radioactive
gases and water were released.

Nov 28, Mississippi River south of
New Orleans LA: Near Port Sulphur,
LA and oil tanker
Westchester lost power and ran aground spilling 567,000 gallons of crude oil into lower
Mississippi. This was the second largest disaster in U.S. waters since Exxon
Valdez in March 1989.

Apr 27, "Sultana":
During a boiler explosion on this Mississippi
River steamboat 1,547 were killed. This disaster occurred
near Memphis.

1898

Feb 15, "Maine":
This incident led to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in
April 1898. It all started when the
US battleship Maine was destroyed in Havana harbor by an explosion that
killed 260.

Nov 26, City of Portland:
Near Cape Cod this ship went down killing
157.

Sep 16, New York City NY:
On Wall Street opposite House of Morgan a
TNT bomb was planted in unattended horse-drawn wagon, killed 35.
Crime was never solved, but Bolshevist or
anarchist terrorists believed responsible.

1975

Jan 24, New York City NY: Fraunces
Tavern was the site of
bomb explosion killing 4 and injuring 50+. The Puerto
Rican nationalist group (FALN) claimed responsibility.

Apr 19, Oklahoma City OK:
Federal office building was the site of a
car bomb which collapsed
walls and floors. Total killed was 168, and 220+ buildings
were damage.
Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols convicted.

2001

Sep 11, New York City NY, Arlington VA,
and Shanksville PA.: Two
commercial jets crash into the twin towers of World
Trade Center; while two more hijacked jets were crashing into the
Pentagon and a rural area of PA. Total estimated killed, 2,992, 2,749 in New York City,
184 at the Pentagon, 40 in PA., and 19 hijackers. The Islamic
Al-Qaeda terrorist group blamed.

Sep 29–Oct 1:
Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide killed 7 in the Chicago area.
Over 31million
bottles of Tylenol were eventually taken off the market, however
the
murderer was never caught.

Apr 19, Waco TX:
Federal agents and members of Christian Branch Davidian cult
created a 51-day standoff. Ultimately, about 80
Branch Davidians were killed when their
compound burned to the ground in a suspicious blaze.